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  2. Viet Cong attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base (1966) - Wikipedia

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    377th Air Police Squadron 120th Assault Helicopter Battalion 53rd Regional Force Battalion: Special Forces Unit F100: Casualties and losses; 3 killed 3 killed [1] 20 aircraft damaged and 3 vehicles destroyed VC claims: 600+ US and ARVN killed or wounded 260 airplanes, 1 depot with 300 tons of bombs and 13 military vehicles destroyed [2] US body ...

  3. 3rd Aviation Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia

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    With an additional assault helicopter battalion and the Chinooks in the general support aviation battalion, the brigade was able to offer the division a new mission - Air Assault. The brigade also performed general aviation support missions, including being the sole provider of helicopter support for the senior members of the Iraqi Transitional ...

  4. List of United States Army aircraft battalions - Wikipedia

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    3d Battalion (Assault Helicopter) 1st Armored Combat Aviation Brigade: 1st Armored Division: Biggs Army Airfield, Fort Bliss, Texas: 641st Aviation. 2nd Battalion

  5. Tet offensive attack on Tan Son Nhut Air Base - Wikipedia

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    Several Echo Sector quick reaction teams were sent to the 051 Gate and the 051 Bunker while four UH-1C Huey gunships of the U.S. Army's 4th Platoon, 120th Assault Helicopter Company, 1st Aviation Brigade arrived over Echo Sector and began dropping flares and engaging the VC with rocket and machine-gun fire.

  6. Combat Aviation Brigade - Wikipedia

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    A Combat aviation brigade (CAB) is a multi-functional brigade-sized unit in the United States Army that fields military helicopters, offering a combination of attack/reconnaissance helicopters (Boeing AH-64 Apache), medium-lift helicopters (Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk), heavy-lift helicopters (Boeing CH-47 Chinook), and MEDEVAC capability.

  7. Combat Aviation Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division - Wikipedia

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    In October 2017, half of the brigade deployed to Afghanistan as Task Force Falcon, [3] replacing the 16th Combat Aviation Brigade of the 7th Infantry Division. [4] In November 2019, the brigade took over responsibility as the rotational combat aviation brigade of Operation Atlantic Resolve in Germany from the Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st ...

  8. Phu Loi Base Camp - Wikipedia

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    1st Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment [3]: 158 2nd Battalion, 505th Infantry Regiment [3]: 159 was based at Phu Loi from September 1968-December 1969 Other units stationed at Phu Loi included: 11th Combat Aviation Battalion: 128th Assault Helicopter Company [4] 173rd Assault Helicopter Company before moving to Lai Khe

  9. Combat Aviation Brigade, 101st Airborne Division - Wikipedia

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    On 1 July 1968, at Camp Eagle in the Republic of Vietnam, the 160th Aviation Group was constituted with elements of the 2d Squadron, 17th Cavalry; the 101st Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter); the 158th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter); and the 159th Aviation Battalion (Assault Helicopter). Less than a year later, on 25 June 1969 ...